Budding Beethoven Gifts

Baby Piano

I should be a writer when I grow up...

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

"You've got a long, long road ahead of you, young man."

'I love your playing....especially when you stop!'

"Abstract Expressionism is definitely right for me at this stage of my career."

Child drawing fish from life by putting his head in a pond.

'Can you tell me what I've written? I can't read!'

Four children playing the flute.

"I know its hard to believe right now, Lawrence, but some day you'll thank me for asking you to punctuate your sentences correctly."

'With my parents out of the house, I can finally start my long awaited mural project.'

" 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation,' a treatment by Todd Mozelle, Grade Three."

'I have a feeling one day when he grows up he'll be an artist of some kind.'

'We're pushing our do-it-yourself kit, today, sir - a ream of paper and a half-dozen pencils.'

"Someday you'll see my work in the employee break room at the Met."

'Who I played in Summer Stock.'

"... And his piano teacher says that he definitely has Van Gough's ear for music."

'Do I have to be creative?'

Mum has a bad judgement day - Well OK, you can take it to your room as long as you play it quietly.

Creative Baby.

"This is an excellent story, Doris, so far."

'All good things must come to an end.'

'For God's sake give me some angst, how will I ever write a misery memoir?'

'Look. Billy Curry did a nude!'

"Isn't it obvious? I'm writing the great American graphic novel."

"There's the pressure from my public, naturally, as well as the pressure from my publisher, my agent, and all that. But the real pressure comes from that devil inside that makes me different from other men, that makes me a writer. But, of course, you know all about pressure, grinding out those papers at Sarah Lawrence."

Jackson Pollock as a child

Teacher to student: 'Nice use of glitter, but you were assigned to do math problems.'

Lessons from the Blakely Art School (Now Defunct)

"You want to say WHAT?"

Michelangelo painting with watercolors as a child.

"I've finally finished my lockdown novel."

"That' a wonderful picture, sweetheart. You know, maybe we should keep all of this garbage, in case you become a famous artist."

'I'm not sure if he plays that loud because he has a good set of lungs or if it's a mean streak in him.'

'I can't find the words to express my anger with you.' - 'She needs a dictionary.'